Planing-stand



A. E. HENRY.

PLANING STAND.`

APPLICATIONy FILED JAN. Il, 1918.

1,808,673. Patented July 1, 1919.

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AARON E. HENRY, 0F BROWN VALLEY, MINNESOTA.

r'LANINe-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 1, 1919.

Application filed January 11, 1918. Serial No. 211,430.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON E. HENRY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Brown Valley, in theV county of Traverse and Starte of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flaming-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is particularly a device designed for the purpose of affording a simple and eiiicient means for holding windows and doors when fitting them to their respective frames.

Afurther purpose of the invention is to provide a device of this character capable of standing upright on the iioor or ground, the device having spring 'jaws adapted to conveniently receive a door or window sash and hold either in a position to be conveniently dressed on the edges.

A still further object is a provision of a hinge support attached to one end of the Adevice whereby, when the latter is not in use it may be conveniently folded to permit the device to be stored or easily transported.

As a detail description of the construction progresses other and further purposes of the invention will be made apparent.

To the specic form of construction shown in the drawings, the invention is not to be restricted. Actual practical application may suggest certain desirable changes `and these the right is claimed to make in so far as they may be compatible with the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention, showing the latter supporting a door ready to have its edges dressed.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view in which the folded position of the supporting end is indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

There is shown in the drawings a sill l, at one end of which a post 2 is attached, this post standing upright at right angles with the sill. Spaced an appropriate distance in back of the post 2 and likeward rising upwardly at right angles from the sill 1, there is a second post 3. These two posts terminate at points equal distances from the bottom face of the sill 1 and are connected at their upper ends by a bridging block 4.

Diagonal stays 5 are attached, one on either side of the sill 1, these stays also being connected on the sides of the posts 2 and 3. Both the sill 1 and the posts 2 and 3 are of the same width and this width is greater than the thickness of any door which the device is designed to hold.

A U-shaped clamping member 6 is attach-ed to the sill 1 and similar clam ing members 7 are carried by the post 2. T ese clamping members are U-shaped and are made preferably of spring sheet metal. The clamping member 6 straddles the sill 1 and its transverse portion 8 is set up in the sill, the clamping member being secured to the sill by a screw 9 which passes through a hole formed in this transverse portion and screws into the sill. The legs 10 of the clamping member 6 are approximately S- shaped when viewed from their longitudinal edges, the curves of oneleg being opposite to those of the other. The clamping members 7 are the substantial duplicates of the clamping member 6, being attached to the post 2 near the top and near the bottom of the latter in the same way that the clamping member 6 is attached to the sill 1. The clamping members 7 differ from the clamping member 6 in that the greater portions of their legs 11 are straight, the S-shape formation being at the ends of the legs.

A T-shaped supporting member 12 is attached by means of the hinges 13 on one side of the post 2 at the top and bottom ends thereof. The L-shaped member 16 has one leg attached to one side of the sill 1 at the end of the latter and the cross leg 11 of the T-shaped member lies against the free leg of this L-shaped member, this cross leg being provided with a staple 17 which asses through the elongated hole in the L- aped member. A pin 18 is attached by means of a chain 19 to the vertical leg of the T-shaped member and this pin 18 is designed to be inserted in the staple 17 when the latter is passed through the hole in the L-shaped member 16. The T-shaped member is thereby secured in such a position that its cross leg 14 will operate tc hold the device as a whole in an upright position on the floor or ground. When the pin 18 is Withdrawn from the staple 17, the T-shaped member may be moved pivotally by means of the hinges 13 to bring its cross leg 14 into a plane parallel with the plane of the sill as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 2. This 'arrangement, as before stated, enables the device as a whole to be stored in a-narrow place.

The use of the device is obvious from the disclosure in the drawings. A door or sash to be dressed on the edges is made to rest upon the upper face of the sill l and to abut the outer face of the post 3, the clamps 7 and 6 operating to support the said door or sash in position and their S-shaped ends yielding to permit the easy extension of the door or sash between them. The door o-r sash is thus held in a convenient position to have one of its edges dressed by planing and when a particular edge has been finished the said door or sash may be inverted to present another edge for the planing operation.

It will be observed that the form of the planing stand as a whole is L-shaped with the longer leg of the L being designed to rest upon the ground. The shorter leg then becomes abutment member for the edge of the door while being planed, while the longer leg serves to support the longitudinal edge of the door and to keep the latter off the ground.

The invention having been described what is claimed as new and useful is:

ln a planing stand, an L-shaped fra-me having a vertical leg and horizontal leg so that a -piece of Work to be dressed may lie upon the horizontal leg and abut the vertical leg, Ushaped clamping members, carried by the horizontal and vertical legs respectively for engagement with opposite sides of the work held by the frame7 a T- shaped member comprising a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, and means pivotally securing the vertical leg of the T-shaped member to the corresponding leg of the L- shaped frame, whereby the horizontal leg of the T-sha-ped member may be swung to a position where it lies against the corresponding leg of the L-shaped frame and projects in the same direction as the latter or swung to a position at an angle with the horizontal leg of the L-shaped frame for supporting the said frame in upright position.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

AARON E. HENRY.

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